Found 3 items, similar to Earmark.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: earmark
ciri, memberi tanda
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: earmark
earmark
n 1: identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal
2: a distinctive characteristic or attribute [syn:
hallmark,
trademark,
stylemark]
v : give or assign a share of money or time to a particular
person or cause;
“I will earmark this money for your
research” [syn:
allow,
appropriate,
set aside,
reserve]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Earmark
Earmark
\Ear"mark`\ ([=e]r"m[aum]rk`), n.
1. A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by
cropping or slitting.
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2. A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.
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Money is said to have no earmark. --Wharton.
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Flying, he [a slave] should be described by the
rounding of his head, and his earmark. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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A set of intellectual ideas . . . have earmarks upon
them, no tokens of a particular proprietor.
--Burrow.
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Earmark
\Ear"mark`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Earmarked; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Earmarking.]
1. To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.
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2. To designate or reserve for a specific purpose; as, the
alumni fund was earmarked for dormitory construction.
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